American Football: Road to the Super Bowl - Raiders have the Rison to believe.Byline: Alan McKinlayKANSAS CITY'S chief tormentors were old boys Rich Gannon Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League. and Andre Rison Andre Previn Rison was (born March 18, 1967 in Flint, Michigan). He played high school football, basketball, and track at Flint Northwestern High School where he attained all city and all Saginaw Valley Conference honors. as the Oakland Raiders This article is about an American football team. For other uses, see Raider. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. took command of the AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. West with a 49-31 thrashing of their divisional rivals. Gannon threw four touchdown passes, two of them to 'Bad Moon' Rison, as the Raiders beat the Chiefs for the second time in a month. The Raiders (8-1) needed a dominating performance because rookie kicker Sebastian Janikowski Sebastian Janikowski (born March 3, 1978 in Wałbrzych, Poland) is a placekicker who currently plays for the NFL's Oakland Raiders. His nicknames are the "Polish Powderkeg", the "Polish Cannon", "Sea Bass" and "Lightning Feet". developed a foot infection and was unable to play. Without him, however, the Raiders concentrated on getting into the endzone. Elsewhere in Week 10, upsets came thick and fast. Super Bowl champs St Louis could not overcome the loss of both Kurt Warner
Perhaps the biggest shock, however, came in Chicago, where the Bears raced to a 27-0 lead against the powerful Indianapolis Colts, and then hung on to claim just their second win of the season, 27-24. Bobby Ross last night quit as coach of the Detroit Lions after their defeat by Miami. Ross, who is replaced by Gary Moeller, called the loss an "embarrassment" and said: "I obviously failed." SCORES.- Tampa Bay 27 Atlanta 14, Chicago 27 Indianapolis 24, Baltimore 27 Cincinnati 7, NY Giants 24 Cleveland 3, Miami 23 Detroit 8, New Orleans 31 San Francisco 15, Buffalo 16 New England 13 (OT), Philadelphia 16 Dallas 13 (OT), Tennessee 9 Pittsburgh 7, Arizona 16 Washington 15, Denver 30 NY Jets 23, Oakland 49 Kansas City 31, Seattle 17 San Diego 15, Carolina 27 St Louis 24. |
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